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23 Ninhams Wood Orpington BR6 8NJ

25/01532/TREETrees in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 6 May 2025

Council decision: Decision - No Objection

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

x10 (approx) Conifer trees next to No. 25 - Reduce height by 3-4m and trim back screen away from building. Conifer screen on same garden boundary (trees in garden of No. 25) - Trim back overhang by 1-2m retaining healthy grown to establish an eventual hedge line. Clear limbs around Scotts pine to 2m, trim around sides to help retain shape and size.

Received
3 March 2025
Ward
Bromley Common And Holwood
Agent
Fletcher Tree Services
  1. Received3 Mar
  2. Validated3 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target31 Mar
  5. Decided6 May

Decided in 64 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 23 Ninhams Wood Orpington BR6 8NJ. Bromley has handled 2,348 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 8 days longer than Bromley's typical decision time. The site is in the Keston Park, Farnborough conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 4,120 applications in total for the BR6 postcode area.

93% of trees applications at London Borough of Bromley were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BR6 8NJ
Application type
Trees in Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 March 2025
Target decision date
31 March 2025
Permission expires
6 May 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Fletcher Tree Services
Agent address
1 Wembley Avenue Lancing BN15 9JY

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
2
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Keston Park, Farnborough
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    3 Mar

    x10 (approx) Conifer trees next to No. 25 - Reduce height by 3-4m and trim back screen away from building…

    This applicationApprovedTrees25/01532/TREE
  2. 2025
    3 Mar

    Oak closest to house - Cut back and remove limbs touching the roofline, giving distance of 2-3m, remove major…

    ApprovedTree Preservation Order Consent ElementFiled alongside25/01533/TPO

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    28 Sep

    T1 & T2 Thuja & T3 Holly - Fell.

    ApprovedApplication26/03792/TCA

Source: Bromley

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